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July 4, 2012

Risks

As said by medical experts and
concerned individuals, that prevention is the best answer to all worries and
illnesses. But what are the specific risks factors concerning that fearful and
apostate stroke? Knowing them could save us a fortune, precious time, our lives
and those of our loved-ones. Studies have revealed the following as
contributing risk factors:

smoking

Age & Sex – stroke tends to attack on older
people. Those aged 55 or above are more prone to stroke although recent studies
show terrifying conclusion that the age bracket widens, meaning anyone as early
as 20 can be a candidate for stroke. Men are more likely to have a stroke than
women. It’s maybe caused by- you guessed it right,

Lifestyle choices – those who are more stressed,
uncontrollable consumption of alcohol, food (obesity) or drugs (cocaine and
other intravenous kind) and smoking.

Diseases – those who have diabetes, high blood
pressure and other heart ailments has a greater risk of having a stroke.

Heredity – well its maybe true that it really
‘runs in the blood’, a family history of stroke and heart problems targets a
high possibility of having one. Studies show that Hispanics, Blacks and Asians have
higher rates of having a stroke because related partly of them having high
blood pressures than white people.

There are risks that are
unavoidable and there are those that we can. It’s never too late to get a hold
and control of these risks.